Composer
Hildur Guðnadóttir
- Born September 4, 1982 in Reykjavík, Iceland
Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir (born 4 September 1982) is an Icelandic musician and composer. A classically trained cellist, she has played and recorded with the bands Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, Múm, and Stórsveit Nix Noltes, and has toured with Animal Collective and Sun O))). She has also produced solo works.
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Guðnadóttir has gained international recognition for her film and television scores, including for the action thriller film Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), and the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019), the latter of which won her a Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award. For her score to psychological thriller film Joker (2019), Hildur won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. She also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, making her the first solo female composer to win in both.
Known for
Joker2019
Arrival2016
Chernobyl2019
Sicario: Day of the Soldado2018
Joker: Folie à Deux2024
A Haunting in Venice2023
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026
TÁR2022
Filmography
- TBAThe Bell JarFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 202628 Years Later: The Bone TempleFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2026The Bride!FilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2026ClosureFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2026National Theatre Live: Electra/PersonaFilmMusic, Musician
- 2026The Sound of The MountainsFilmMusic
- 2025HeddaFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2025Chopin, a Sonata in ParisFilmMusic
- 2024Joker: Folie à DeuxFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2024Utan ord – i filmmusikens världFilmSelf
- 2023A Haunting in VeniceFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2023The FundraiserFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2022TÁRFilmOriginal Music Composer, Musician
- 2022Women TalkingFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Out of the DarknessFilmMusic
- 2020Last and First MenFilmMusician
- 2019JokerFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2019ChernobylSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Sicario: Day of the SoldadoFilmOriginal Music Composer, Musician
- 2018Mary MagdaleneFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Journey's EndFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Tom of FinlandFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Strong IslandFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2016ArrivalFilmMusician
- 2016The OathFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2014End of SummerFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2014Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the AirFilmMusic
- 2014CathedralsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2013JînFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2013Graduates: Freedom Is Not for FreeFilmMusic
- 2012A HijackingFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2012Astro: An Urban Fable in a Magical Rio de JaneiroFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2011The Bleeding HouseFilmMusic
- 2005Made in HollywoodSeriesSelf
- 2004Farmer Johns WorldFilmMusic
- 1953The OscarsSeriesSelf
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSeriesSelf - Nominee